Site details

Kattavia: Ta Tzingani

PK	C6680
TITLE	Kattavia: Ta Tzingani
WGS84	35.95882° N, 27.767398° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.95882, 27.767398
LON/LAT	27.767398, 35.95882

DMS

35° 57' 31.752" N

27° 46' 2.6328" E

W3W	pinpoints, accordingly, majorly
UTM	35 S, 569200, 3979653
EGSA87	839652, 3985658

Elevation m	83
Elevation feet	272.3
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Rhodes

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   AR[1994], 60    'In addition to the Myc ChTs excavated by Kinch in 1907, more tombs and traces of Myc settlements were recorded.'
2.    Tomb.   Georgiadis [2003], 82    'One burial is reported at ..., ..., Tzigani T.1, ... '
3.    Tomb.   Dietz [1984], 84    'On August 1st, 1908, Kinch excavated a Mycenaean tomb at a place called ta Tzinganni.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Dietz [1984]: 84, ' ... Mycenaean tomb ... '
    b.    AR[1994]: 60, ' ... Myc ChTs excavated by Kinch in 1907 ... ', ' ... tombs and traces of Myc settlements ... '

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Georgiadis [2003]: 151, 'Tzigani 022.1 III'

NOTES

1. Dietz is describing Kinch's expedition of 1908. Kinch excavated this tomb at ta Tzinggani which is close to the slope of sto Granto and immediately to its E. Sto Granto is C1389.

2. Position based on the photo in Georgiadis [2003] 286, Fig. 5.36. Photo was taken from approximately 35.958266 N, 27.766574 E and is a view to NE not SE as the caption has it.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1994]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (41) 1994., 'Kattavia.', pg. 60. Online here.

2. Dietz [1984]: Dietz, Søren. Lindos IV, 1; Excavations and Surveys in Southern Rhodes: The Mycenaean Period. The National Museum of Denmark, Archaeological Historical Series (22:1). 1984, 'Ta Tzingani, Kattavia', pg. 84. Online here.

3. Georgiadis [2003]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period; Islands, landscape, death and ancestors. BAR International Series 1196. 2003., ''The site at Ta Tzigani mentioned by Dietz (1984: 84; ...) is also visible east on the hill opposite Ayios Minas ... '', pg. 38. Online here.